Anon Hsv 144VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 144’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 445-6.
Ó ‘’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ódyggr (adj.): unfaithfuló- ((prefix)): un- < ókunnr (adj.): unknown
[1] Ódyggra manna: so 624, ókunnra dyggra 1199ˣ
kunnra ‘’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?) < ókunnr (adj.): unknown
dyggra ‘of wicked’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy < ódyggr (adj.): unfaithful
[1] Ódyggra manna: so 624, ókunnra dyggra 1199ˣ
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
[1] Ódyggra manna: so 624, ókunnra dyggra 1199ˣ
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
eigi ‘’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
fagna ‘rejoice at’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
[3] fagna bráðum bana: so 624, bráðum dauða fagna 1199ˣ
notes
[3]: 1199ˣ’s bráðum dauða fagna lacks alliteration.
dauða ‘’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
bráðum ‘the sudden’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
[3] fagna bráðum bana: so 624, bráðum dauða fagna 1199ˣ
notes
[3]: 1199ˣ’s bráðum dauða fagna lacks alliteration.
bana ‘death’
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bana (verb; °-að-): kill
[3] fagna bráðum bana: so 624, bráðum dauða fagna 1199ˣ
notes
[3]: 1199ˣ’s bráðum dauða fagna lacks alliteration.
hitt ‘it’
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2. inn (art.): the
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sýnna ‘obvious’
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sýnn (adj.): visible
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
vera ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
dyggvir ‘worthy’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
þótt ‘when’
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þó (adv.): though
deyi ‘die’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 46) Morte repentina noli gaudere malorum: / felices obeunt quorum sine crimine vita ‘Do not rejoice at the sudden death of evil-doers; happy die those whose life [is] without blemish’. The topic of gloating is also dealt with in Hsv 35.
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